This Trend in Lens Making was Super Hot. Then it Mysteriously Disappeared

For a period of a few years, the lens and camera manufacturers were drunk on the idea of even smoother bokeh than normal. It was so much so that it ended up cutting down the amount of light a lens output.

Some folks call it a smooth transition lens while others refer to the specific optic in the lens as something along the lines of "DS. " And for a while, it seemed like every camera manufacturer had a lens like this. But then smooth transition focus lenses of all sorts all disappeared. Why?.

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2025-5-28 07:00